Recommended Citation
Amb. Christian Wenaweser and Sina Alavi,
Innovating to Restrain the Use of the Veto in the United Nations Security Council,
52 Case W. Res. J. Int'l L.
65
(2020)
Available at:
https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/jil/vol52/iss1/6
Abstract
"Below we outline two innovations – one already implemented, and the other in the process of being officially presented to the UN membership – that have the potential to help restrain the [mis]use of the veto by permanent members of the Security Council. They both acknowledge the existence of the veto, and rather than aiming for its abolition they aim to bring its use more in line with the intentions of the drafters of the UN Charter."
(Code of Conduct (Security Council action on genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes) and General Assembly action when the veto is (mis-)used)